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Belper Goes Green Weekend

Date: 
Sat, 01/06/2013 - Sun, 02/06/2013
11am onwards on both days
Belper Rugby Club, Struts Playing Fields
Organised by Transition Belper
 
The spirit of the village fete comes to Belper with our first ever eco festival. The festival will be a celebration of the talent and resourcefulness of local people and will have something for everyone. Includes:
 
·        A beer festival with 25 real ales, many of them from local brewers. (From 6.00pm on Friday 31st May)
·        Clothes Swap fashion show (Sunday, 2pm). Volunteer models still required.
·        Local music: Saturday from 2.00pm
·        Clothes swap
·        Home energy zone; food zone, arts, crafts and recycling zone; health and well being zone, bike zones,
·        Puncture repair workshops
 

UK Green Film Festival

Date: 
Sat, 01/06/2013 - Sat, 08/06/2013
Various locations, including Nottingham Broadway
 
Back for its third year, the UK Green Film Festival is the UK's annual environmental film festival. Over a single week, up and down the country, the festival screens some of the very best films out there, from around the world, exploring some of the big environmental issues of the day. Films that inform, that entertain, that challenge, and inspire. Amongst the cinemas taking part is Nottingham Broadway, which will screen three films.

Greenwood Days Open Day

Date: 
Sun, 19/05/2013
10.30am – 3.30pm
Held at Spring Wood, South Derbyshire. Signposted on the B587 between Melbourne, Derbyshire and Lount, Leicestershire.
 
Greenwood Days offer courses in wood furniture making, tool sharpening and willow sculpture amongst other things. Their annual open day is a chance to drop in and see what courses are on offer. This year’s event includes demonstrations of rustic furniture making and bushcraft. Plenty of lathes will be up and running. Pizza will be available from bread ovens. People who have attended courses in the past are welcome to bring items they’ve made for display in a yurt.
 

West Bridgford Summer Gathering

Date: 
Sat, 18/05/2013
10am-4pm
West Bridgford Park
Organised by Totally Locally West Bridgford
 
The seventh annual celebration of sustainable and community living in West Bridgford. Find out how you can save on energy, water, fuel and house budgets. Discover local skills, service, products and activities that make life easier.

Go Greener: Broxtowe Business Travel Forum

Date: 
Wed, 08/05/2013
12pm – 2pm
Attenborough Nature Reserve
Includes a free light lunch

A free transport forum to offer Businesses advice on practical solutions to keep your workforce moving. There will be updates on projects such as the NET Phase 3 tramline construction and the partial closure of Nottingham Train Station in July. There will be help and advice on a range of topics:

    • Help to develop travel plans for your staff
    • Information on how to encourage greener, healthier commutes and freight journeys
    • Cycling support and information, including setting up salary sacrifice bike purchase schemes and cycle safety training
    • Citycard cycles and how they will integrate with changes to transport facilities in Beeston
    • Support to integrate home working into your organisation
    • The Big Wheel Business Club team will be on hand to offer you practical support and advice on how your business can access funding to put greener transport options in place
To book your FREE place email admin@thebigwheel.org.uk with any dietary or access needs. Places are limited, so please book your space early to avoid disappointment.
More information: http://tinyurl.com/cbdms54

Buxton Spring Fair

Date: 
Mon, 06/05/2013
10am-5pm
Throughout Buxton Town Centre - High Street, The Market Place, The Slopes, The Crescent, Spring Gardens


A glorious mix of traders, community groups, clubs and societies, artists, musicians, street theatre, entertainers of all kinds, a real show case of everything Buxton has to offer. A number of organisations involved in tackling climate change will be attending, including Transition Buxton and Greenpeace. Both will be on the Market Place - look out for Paula the Greenpeace Polar Bear and Transition Buxton's Connie Consumasaurus.

 

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Pedal Powered ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix Party

Date: 
Sat, 04/05/2013
6:30pm-11:00pm
Winding Wheel, 13 Holywell, Street, Chesterfield, S41 7SA
Part of Chesterfield Community Arts Festival 2013
 
A free pedal powered party with dance, live music, surprise guests, dressing up and roller skates. Jump on a bike to help power the music and bring decorations for the venue – the decorations will be a ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’ of whatever everyone brings.
 

Warm, Wet and Windy: Peak District Climate Change and Eco Festival

Date: 
Fri, 03/05/2013 - Sun, 05/05/2013
Location: Cromford Mills, Cromford

Now in it’s third year, this event has grown substantially. Includes talks by leading experts and communicators in the area of climate change and energy issues, such as Fred Pearce and Bill McGuire. As a World Heritage Site designated for its key role in launching the industrial revolution, where better to hold the Peak District's climate change festival than at global warming's 'ground zero'.
 
Tickets: 01629 825995. Full programme: www.arkwrightsociety.org.uk

James Wong

Date: 
Sun, 28/04/2013

Bakewell Town Hall

2-00pm. Doors open 1-30pm
 

James Wong, ethnobotanist, Countryfile reporter & Gardeners Question Time panellist talks about his 'Homegrown Revolution'. Book-signing and special-offer sales including Homegrown Revolution, and his earlier book Grow Your Own Drugs; plant sales and refreshments.

Tickets only £5 via Paypal ; just log into a PayPal account, and click on Send Money, to email address info@bakewellinbloom.org.uk or call 01629 815123. Important: For secure PayPal purchases, you must include (in the Comments box) your full name, number of tickets ordered, and the last four numbers of bank account/card, to ensure matching-up of purchasers and tickets.

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World of Herbs

Date: 
Sat, 27/04/2013

Venue: Methodist Church Hall (at rear of church), Matlock Street
10-30am to 4-30pm 

Culinary herb plants, herby bread, herbal remedies and essential oils, crafts, family fun, Fairtrade and veggie refreshments/lunch. Speaker at 2:00 PM:  'Sustainable Gardening at Peak ORGANICS'. Vanessa Swetman, garden designer and experienced “allotmenteer”.

Tickets: info@bakewellinbloom.org.uk

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